Unit 8 Exam
Mao's Great Leap Forward was similar to what other communist plan?
"5 Year Plan"
The Cold War developed after World War II as the result of
Berlin Airlift
Why might Berlin be a likely spot for trouble to develop during the Cold War?
Berlin is definitely a likely spot for trouble to develop during the Cold War. Before the Cold War started, the U.S. and Soviet Union were having troubles in Western Berlin. When the U.S. removed their forces from Germany, the Soviets set up a blockade. Of course, the U.S. didn't like this, so that would cause some battles to occur in Berlin
What were the huge collective farms formed during the Great Leap Forward called?
Communes
what economic system was used to reshape Chinas economy after the Civil War?
Communism
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow
Fidel Castro
what effect did democratic reforms, put in place by Gorbachev, have on the Soviet Union?
Glasnost & Perestroika
What term was used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly democratic western Europe and a communist eastern Europe?
Iron Curtain
which leader won China's Civil War, and what name did he give to the country?
Mao Zedong, "People's Republic of China"
After WWII, relations Soviet Union and U.S. were characterized by
Marked by a better degree to secure Germany
what were the causes of the Korean War?
North Korea invaded South Korea
The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between
North and South Korea
what event caused an increase in spending on education and technology by the United States?
Sputnik
which of these countries was not a member of either the north Atlantic Treaty organization or of the Warsaw Pact?
Switzerland, Austria, & Yugoslavia
How did Soviet dominance in space pose a threat to the United States?
The US thought Soviet Union was ahead in technology and education
The Berlin airlift is often called the first action of the cold war what was the cold war?
The struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war
what message does this political cartoon send to the leaders of the United States and the Soviet union?
They don't want them to go to war
Which of these was a formal statement of intention by the United States to give military aid to any country threatened by communist aggression?
Truman Doctrine
what was the most eastern country in NATO?
Turkey
What do Korean and Vietnam wars have in common
US supported South Vietnam and South Korea (anti-communist)
how did the domino theory become a major justification for US foreign policy during the cold war?
United States saw the nations could fall to communism like dominoes
What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
identify an organization that did not support the idea of containment for communism
Warsaw Pact
what conference involved dividing Germany into sections controlled by the Soviet Union and Western Power?
Yalta Conference
following World War II, the Soviet union establish satellite nations in Eastern Europe. Which statement best describes a satellite nation?
an independent nation in the world, yet has political, economic, or military influence by Soviet union
why did the U.S become involved in the Vietnam conflict?
anti-communist government
What were Third World countries?
developing countries not aligned with the United States or the Soviet Union
what did the US spy plane discover in Cuba in 1961?
missiles
how did president Kennedy stop the Soviets from delivering more weapons to Cuba?
naval blockade
During the Cultural Revolution, who were the "new heroes" of China?
peasants
As the relations between the United States and Soviet Union deteriorated, United States adopted a policy of containment. The containment policies meant
policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping expansion of communism
what was the purpose of the Marshall plan?
provide aid to rebuild western Europe
how did solidarity in Poland affect communist rule in Poland?
public demanded government recognition
what is the main reason that Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, & Romania became satellites of the Soviet union?
soviet army occupied these areas
how did the arms race prevent war between the superpowers?
spent billions of dollars trying to build up nuclear weapon
What was Truman's major goal for offering aid to other countries?
stop the spread of communism
What made 1945 and especially good time to create the United Nations?
to create peace after World War II
what was the purpose of China's cultural revolution in 1966?
tradition, establish a society of peasants and workers that were equal
soviet blockade to west berlin was in response to
unification of West Berlin